decontaminate
verb (used with object)
to make (an object or area) safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas.
decontaminated
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past participleof decontaminate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof decontaminate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
decontaminateverb (used with object)to make (an object or area) safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas.
Example Sentences
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When reused, the decontaminated robots still picked up plastic and microbes, albeit smaller amounts of both.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
The building was evacuated and 12 people were decontaminated, with 11 being sent to hospitals where they were in stable condition, the fire authority said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Often buildings must be professionally cleaned or decontaminated by wildfire remediation companies.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
But it could render a huge area - potentially the size of an entire London borough - uninhabitable for weeks, until it had been fully decontaminated.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2022
“It would only be for half an hour. He could get decontaminated like Mr. Waterman and then—” “Are you crazy?”
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
